Yesterday, during the sermon, I heard Pastor Ren say that the skins Adam and Eve wore represented Jesus Christ. I found this very strange, and I just asked Pastor Ren: Why do you say Adam and Eve wore Jesus Christ? He said many theologians interpret it this way! And the theological theory they study says that the skins Adam and Eve wore prefigure Jesus Christ. I strongly disagree. I said: How could those skins possibly represent Jesus Christ? Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden wearing skins. If they were still expelled from Eden wearing Jesus Christ, it means that even if we wear Jesus Christ, we still cannot be forgiven for our sins! This is a very wrong theological view and theory! If our sins are unforgivable, then why should we become Christians? What is the meaning of Jesus Christ going to the cross for us?
The correct theological view should be: For Adam and Eve's sin of eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, God killed innocent animals and shed their blood; the skins of those innocent animals were then placed on Adam and Eve. The skin didn't represent redemption; it represented the sin of Adam and Eve—the death of those innocent animals! Because blood is life, only through bloodshed can our sins be cleansed! It was those animals who died for the sins of Adam and Eve! Only then did Adam and Eve appease God's anger, and only then did God not immediately kill them. Many theologians don't understand this truth. God never acts arbitrarily or breaks his word. Adam and Eve didn't die immediately not because God lacked the power to kill them, but because God prepared a way of redemption for them—the blood of innocent animals; this absolved God of His anger towards Adam and Eve, just like the "sin sacrifice" in the Old Testament, which required the blood of the sin sacrifice to absolve humanity of sin. Therefore, Adam and Eve weren't wearing Jesus Christ; they were wearing their own sin!
Genesis is one of the most difficult books in the Bible to interpret, and I never imagined these theologians would interpret Genesis so haphazardly! If Adam and Eve were wearing Jesus Christ, they shouldn't have been expelled from the Garden of Eden. Because when we are clothed in the skin of Jesus Christ, it means we have already been forgiven of our sins. If everyone is clothed in the skin of Jesus Christ, they already possess a sinless body. Therefore, Adam and Eve should not have been expelled from the Garden of Eden. This erroneous interpretation leads many to believe that being clothed in the skin of Jesus Christ is useless! If the skins of Adam and Eve represent Jesus, then Jesus cannot change Adam and Eve's fate at all. The skins are simply Adam and Eve clothing themselves in their sins—this is a very, very wrong theological theory! What does it mean that God made Adam and Eve wear these animal skins? 1. Sin must be washed away by the precious blood! And the precious blood qualified to wash away sin is the blood of innocent animals (holy and sinless animals), so only the blood of innocent animals has the power to forgive sins! 2. Even if we shed the blood of innocent animals, even if we make many atonement sacrifices, our sins cannot be completely forgiven. Because we will still "sin again"! The "atonement sacrifice" is merely God giving us an opportunity to repent, delaying our judgment! Because Adam and Eve were clothed in animal skins and shed the blood of innocent animals, they still died. They merely delayed their deaths. The "atonement sacrifice" only postpones judgment, but sins cannot be completely forgiven! 3. God's redemption was already prepared! When Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, God had already prepared a scapegoat for us. Because God knew that our sins could not be completely washed away and forgiven by the blood of animals! Our sins can only have their judgment delayed by the blood of animals, so only through the precious blood of God's Son, Jesus Christ, can our sins be truly forgiven. Because only those clothed in the blood of Jesus Christ have their sins truly forgiven! If a person is not clothed in the blood of Jesus Christ, but clothed in any skin or sheds the blood of any animal, they cannot be forgiven. This is a very, very important truth! Because when we clothe ourselves with Jesus Christ, it means that our whole being has been transformed from the inside out. Only when we are transformed from the inside out are we qualified to clothe ourselves with Jesus Christ. When we clothe ourselves with Jesus Christ, we can have the freedom not to sin! Only by "not sinning" can our sins be truly forgiven.
